Tie holder



Nov. 22, 1932. o. w. WALLER TIE HOLDER Filed July 6, "1931 ATTORNEYS.

I NV EN TOR Owl/v00 111M411 5Q Patented Nov. 22 1932 UNITED STATESOVANDO W. WALLER, F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA TIE HOLDER Application filedJuly 6, 1931. Serial No.'549,068.

My invention relates to and has for its purpose the provision of adevice structurally characterized by the provision of means enablingneckties of the fo-ur-in-hand or how type, to be readily folded andmaintained in such folded condition as will prevent wrinkling of theties and will tend to remove any existing wrinkles, all in such mannerthat the neckties will be compactly stored 19 and attractively displayedfor selection, while rendering the neckties conveniently accessibleindividually for inspection or removal without disturbing the foldedcondition of the ties.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the characterherein set forth around which the tie may be smoothly and firmly woundwithout the necessity of placing the same under tension, and which willeflectively function to hold the tie against casual unwinding when onceapplied as intended.

A. further object of the invention is to provide a tie holder in theform of a thin, flat,

rectangular plate which is so slotted as to receive the bight of a tiepreparatory to winding, a particular feature being the rigidity of thearms (resulting from the formation of the slot) against flexing in adirection to close the slot.

I will describe only one form of holder and display device for neckwearembodying my invention, and will then point out the novel featuresthereof in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in plan showing the invention in use.

Figure 2 is avertical sectional view taken on the line 22 of Figure 1and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of a necktie holding form or coreembodied in the device.

F igure at is a perspective View of the form with a necktie appliedthereto preparatory to wrapping the tie upon the form, and

Figure 5 is a perspective View of the form with a necktie completelywrapped thereon.

Referring specifically to the drawing in which similarreference'characters designate similar parts in each of the severalviews, I provide several forms or cores F, one for each necktie andconstructed of wood or other suitable material. The forms are all ofidentical construction and each is in the shape of a generallyrectangular and substantially flat body or plate 11 of a length at leastequal to the greatest width of a necktie to be applied thereto. Theplate is provided with a slot 12 opening to one end of the plate andextending longitudinally thereof intermediate the side edges of theplate to a point adjacent to the opposite end or edge, said side edgesbeing recessed as indicated at 13 and 14, respectively. The thickness ofthe plate is reduced intermediate its ends for co-action with therecessed side edges of the plate enabling a necktie of either thefour-inhand or how type to be compactly and uniformly wrapped or woundon the plate in a manner to prevent wrinkling of the material.

Summarizingthe outstanding characteristics of the tie holder, the lattercomprises a thin, flat, rectangular plate in which the slot is solocated as to produce a pair of arms on which the tie is wound after thebight of the folded tie is inserted in the slot. It is important toobserve that these arms are rigid against flexing in a direction toclose the slot, thereby maintaining a perfectly stablecondition andavoiding, any possibility of breakage as would be the case if the use ofthe holder were predi- 8a cated on a flexing of one of the arms.

A necktie is applied to the form F by firs inserting the necktieintermediate its ends, into the slot 12, after which one stretch 15 ofthe necktie is folded over the form and then upon the other stretch 16so that both stretches extend from the bight 17 connecting thestretches, on one and the same side of the form, all as clearly shown inFigure 4. lVith the tie suspended from the form in this manner, the twostretches of the tie are now wound or wrapped tightly as a unit aboutthe form so that the material of the tie is stretched slightly and theinner convolutions of the two stretches placed under pressure.

As the wrapping operation proceeds, the recessed side edges of the formenable the successive convolutions to be compactly and uniforml built upupon the plate and to be pressed atly one against another, thuspreventing the formation of wrinkles in the tie as well as tending toremove any wrinkles existing in the material, to the end that the tiewill be held in a neatly pressed state for use.

In carrying the invention into practice, I preferably make use of areceptacle or rack R, in which the forms with the neckties appliedthereto as above described are capable of being stored and displayed forselection and removal individually as desired. This receptacle comprisesa rectangular box 18 of suitable rigid material having an open front anddivided transversely by partitions 19 into compartments 20. Thecompartments are inclined as illustrated in Figure 2 and are of suchwidth as to freely receive and support the neckties on the respectiveforms against displacement in both horizontal and vertical positions ofthe box.

With the neckties stored in the box as shown in Figures 1 and 2, aportion of each tie will be exposed from the respective compartment sothat the pattern of the material will be clearly displayed, thusenabling any tie desired, to be selected and the ties removedindividually from the box Without disturbing the wrapped condition ofthe ties upon the respective forms.

Although I have herein shown and described only one form of holder forneckwear embodying my invention, it is to be understood that variouschanges and modifications may be made therein without departing from thespirit of the invention and the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

A tie holder comprising a thin, flat, rectangular plate provided with aslot extending from one edge of the plate coaxially with thelongitudinal axis of the plate and terminating at a point adjacent tothe opposite edge of the plate, said slot producing a pair of arms, saidarms being rigid against flexing in a direction to close the slot, theremaining side edges of the plate being recessed.

OVANDO lV. lVALLER.

